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WHITE LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white lily mean?
• WHITE LILY (noun)
The noun WHITE LILY has 2 senses:
1. lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
2. white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
Familiarity information: WHITE LILY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Annunciation lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Madonna lily; white lily
Hypernyms ("white lily" is a kind of...):
lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus
Hypernyms ("white lily" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("white lily" is a member of...):
genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)
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